Packaging and logistics
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Packaging and logisticsGualapack acquires Print & Packaging Farma
The international group expands its offer towards an expanding market
Gualapack, with a global presence in the flexible packaging sector with a particular propensity for innovation and sustainability, has acquired through its subsidiary Gualapack Pharma Srl the activities... more
Packaging and logisticsNestlè: 85% recyclable plastic in Europe
In Italy, 97% of the packaging produced by the multinational is reusable
At European level, the Nestlé Group has achieved 85% recyclability for plastic packaging and has reduced the use of virgin plastic for its packaging by 14%. These results confirm the extraordinary efforts... more
Packaging and logisticsNew DS Smith plant in Italy
The 34,000 m2 factoryfor the production of sustainable packaging has been inaugurated
The new DS Smith plant, world leader in the production of innovative and sustainable packaging solutions, was inaugurated in the province of Modena. The new production site of the company, which operates... more
Packaging and logisticsBain Capital and BC Partners invest in Fedrigoni
The packaging group valued at 3 billion euros
Bain Capital private equity together with the BC Partners fund, one of the largest international investment companies, have signed a partnership agreement for the control of Fedrigoni, a Veronese group... more
Packaging and logisticsGuala Closures acquires Labrenta
The Vicenza-based company is a manufacturer of high-end closures for spirits, wine, oil, vinegar and beer
Those who did not know, or did not imagine, that the bottle closures sector also had a luxury branch is satisfied. In fact, it is precisely in this segment that Guala Closures, a multinational group leader... more
Packaging and logisticsCpr System (packaging), 2021 in exponential growth
The group almost made 100 million euros in revenue. Branch kicked off in Spain
In 2021 the revenue data of Cpr System, cooperative group leader in production and recycling of plastic in Italy, have seen an increase of 20% of the consolidated revenue of the group that nearly hits... more
Packaging and logisticsReepack to americans of Pro Mach
The Bergamo-based Company is leader in automatization systems and industrial packaging
Pro Mach Italy 2 srl, brand controlled by the American multinational Pro Mach leader in the industrial sector of packaging, has acquired by the holding RPK s.r.l. – through a congent operation by M&A t... more
Packaging and logisticsEviosys (packaging) invests in France
It will modernize the Breton headquarters with new production and printing equipment
Eviosys, an international smart and sustainable packaging company, announces further investments in one of its sites in France, in Concarneau (eastern Brittany). The company, which supplies some of the... more
Packaging and logisticsNew plant for DS Smith in Italy
The Castelfranco Emila site will be operative by June 2022
The market in Italy has grown by more than 20% since 2013, as a result of the progressive development of e-commerce, the expansion of traditional food & beverage markets, the importance of the fruit &... more
Packaging and logisticsGatorade presents the new 500ml bottle in recycled plastic
Italy will be the first PepsiCo market in Europe to launch the new format
Gatorade, PepsiCo's proprietary sports drink, launches the new 500ml bottle made from 100% recycled plastic. A step forward towards the Group's commitment to the circularity of packaging, to progressively... more
Packaging and logisticsAmorim Cork will produce in Italy 700 million caps in 2022
The Italian branch of the Portuguese company had a turnover of 70.5 million in 2021
Amorim Cork Italia, the fliale of the world-leading Portuguese multinational, recorded 14% production of cork closures in 2021 compared to the previous year, with a consolidated turnover in Italy of 70.5... more
Packaging and logisticsGualapack grows in North America
The new commercial office in Miami has been inaugurated
Gualapack announces the opening of a new commercial office in Miami, Florida, dedicated to the American and Canadian market. The inauguration coincides with a new step forward in the international expansion... more
Packaging and logisticsGuala Closures renews partnership with Vinexpo Paris 2022
From 14 to 16 February the eagerly awaited wine fair
Guala Closures, globally active in the production of aluminum and special closures, will present its latest innovations at the Wine Paris & Vinexpo Paris 2022 fair to be held from 14 to 16 February at... more
Packaging and logisticsBerlin Packaging takes over the French company La Parfait
The group strengthens its position in the glass containers segment
Berlin Packagin has completed the acquisition of the Le Parfait activities and brands from OI France Sas, thus strengthening its position as a reference company for the supply of high quality glass containers... more
Packaging and logisticsGuala obtains the "Iscc Plus" certification
It certifies the characteristics of sustainability and traceability of the closures produced in the Spinetta Marengo plant
Guala Closures, a company engaged in the production of special closures for spirits and wines, has obtained the “International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (Iscc) Plus” certification which wil... more
Packaging and logisticsBerlin Packaging continues its expansion in Europe
Acquisition of the French company Gerfran SAS announced
Berlin Packaging announced the acquisition of Gerfran Sas, a family business offering glass packaging solutions, especially for the wine and beverage market. Founded in 1984 and acquired by Lionel Fruh... more
Packaging and logisticsItalmobiliare completes its enhancement of Sirap Group's Assets
The deal represents the exit from the food packaging sector
Italmobiliare’s subsidiary Sirap Gema Spa finalised its sale of Sirap France to the Italian Gruppo Happy, thereby completing the exit plan from packaging activities in the food sector. The process, which s... more
Packaging and logisticsCoca-Cola presents the prototype of a 100% vegetable bottle
The new PlantBottle is made from paraxylene and corn sugar
The Coca-Cola Company has partnered with Changchun Meihe Science & Technology and Upm to introduce the first 100% plant-based plastic beverage bottle, excluding cap and label. The companies used new technology... more
Packaging and logisticsBerlin Packaging acquires the Le Parfait brands
Signed a binding agreement with OI France Sas aimed at growth in the glass packaging sector
Berlin Packaging has announced that it has signed a binding agreement with OI France Sas under which it will acquire the Le Parfait businesses and brands. Founded in the early 1930s in Reims, France, Le... more
Packaging and logisticsPlastic Tax, a levy to be abolished
Exclusive interview with Tiziano Andreini, managing director of Alpla Italia
Plastic Tax, are we moving towards repeal? After a more careful assessment of the social impacts (see for example Assobibe's complaint in this EFA News article), the operators expect a new postponement... more
Packaging and logisticsDea Capital grows in logistics in Spain
The subsidiary RE Iberia will build a new platform with Abrdn in Madrid
DeA Capital Real Estate Iberia has signed an agreement with Abrdn (formerly Aberdeen Standard Investment) for the development of a new logistics hub in Madrid: a last mile location on a plot of over 27,000... more
Packaging and logisticsGualapack continues to expand in Brazil
The Group acquires the laminate manufacturer Teruel Embalagens
Gualapack Spa has announced its expansion plans in Brazil, as part of the Group's strategy for sustainable and global growth through vertical integration. Brazil has been a strategic area for the growth... more
Packaging and logisticsAlpla leads PET recycling investment in Romania
Partnership with Romanian manufacturer Ecohelp, and Swiss United Polymer Trading
Alpla Group, Austrian multinational specialized in packaging and recycling, has announced its investment in the construction of a recycling plant in Romania, in Targu Mures, as part of a new partnership... more
Packaging and logisticsIlpra, half year in strong growth
Turnover up by 32%, net profit leaps by 100%
Ilpra's Board of Directors approved the Consolidated Half-Year Report as at 30 June 2021. The revenues of the Mortara (PV) company, specialized in machinery and technologies for food packaging, amounted... more
Packaging and logisticsBerlin Packaging opens a branch in Albaredo d'Adige
The new collection dedicated to wine has been presented
Berlin Packaging, a leading company in the supply of glass, plastic, metal and closures containers, today launches Itinera, a collection of eight new bottles that combines the most iconic shapes of the... more
Packaging and logisticsFedrigoni launches FedLab
Innovation hub for advanced alternative paper solutions to plastic
Fedrigoni has launched FedLab, an innovation hub set up to develop sustainable paper products and plastic substitutes with a high technological component and intended for numerous applications, from food... more
Packaging and logisticsPiovan (films for food): revenues take off in the 1st half
Revenues at 156 million, net profit 14.7 million (+ 107%)
Piovan, a Venetian group that operates worldwide in the development of production systems and processes for the storage, transport and treatment of polymers, bioresins, recycled plastics, food liquids,... more
Packaging and logisticsEviosys is born: an international sustainable packaging company
Tomás López, Packaging Industry Executive, will lead the company as the new CEO
Eviosys, a company engaged in the metal packaging sector, is now a new independent company that places innovation and sustainability as a priority. The company is the largest European manufacturer of steel... more
Packaging and logisticsTetra Pak: climate neutrality target by 2030
2021 sustainability report/Attachment published
Achieve net zero carbon dioxide emissions for its operations by 2030 and along the entire value chain by 2050 through the reduction of energy needs and the decarbonisation of products and operations. With... more
Packaging and logisticsPlanet-Score is arriving
The new labeling system that considers pesticides, biodiversity and animal welfare
Consumers' attention to the environmental impact of the food products they buy is growing rapidly. To provide him with more information and tools to make more informed choices, the ECO2 Initiative was... more